How can animals get drunk in the wild ?

Question

Thye can get drunk on alcohol . My teacher said so , and that really has me interested . I mean , it's not like they could go 2 a bar LOL , but then how ? It's a liquid , that I know , another clue is that an elaphant is one of the most likely 2 get drunk , but also lots and lots of other wild animals .

Thanx Hillv , hmmm , fermented sugar , interesting .

Spirit walker , I'm sorry , but that is something normal that elephants do , they shake trees , in order to get the fruit inside it , if your tryong to get pts , go earn them in thet GOOD WAY not by answering questions with whatever .

Thanks pappyLD04 , nice , see if I can get a link to that , but anyway , so far I think it's fermented fruit .

LOL thnx Hillv , u win !

Answer 1

If they eat fermented sugar (alcohol) they can get drunk. This happens to certain monkeys on caribbean islands, they got used to eating fermented sugar cane and now they steal alcoholic drinks from resorts.

If they are getting drunk off fruit it's because the natural sugars in the fruit are allowing fermentation to take place.

Here's a link about the monkeys:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBw-actpemc

Answer 2

Alcohol is produced when fermetation occurs. Fermentation can occur with any fruit or vegetable with a high enough sugar content. A common way for animals to get 'drunk' is eating berries that have over-ripened and have turned their sugar into alcohol. This indeed happens with the berries surrounding our building each fall. There are limited choices in foods so the birds come to the trees and eat the berries. They become drunk enough to fall off the branches and lay in a stupor for quite some time but eventually wake up and fly away.

Answer 3

When fruit gets ripe it falls from the tree. Then as it starts to rot it ferments (with no sugar involved). They eat the rotting fruit which causes them to get drunk. Many types of monkeys do this.

Answer 4

Bears eat fermented apples or eat so many they ferment in their digestive tracts. I have also seen birds get drunk on over-ripe berries that have started to ferment. Sugar plus yeast yields ethanol.

Answer 5

Some birds (Cedar Waxwings) and others will get drunk from eating overripe berries that have fermented. They can die if they ingest too much.

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/cedarwaxwing.htm

Answer 6

here ya go see for yourself.
Plus it explains how.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/90957/drunk_animals/